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Whole Wheat Pancake Recipe

Whole Wheat Pancake Recipe

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Ingredients
  

  • 1⅓ cup whole wheat flour
  • 1½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp baking soda
  • 1 egg, large
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1⅓ cups buttermilk
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Instructions
 

  • Measure flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda into a large mixing bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, combine egg, buttermilk, brown sugar, and oil.
  • Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Batter should be slightly lumpy. Let batter rest while you heat the pan.
  • Lightly spray or oil your griddle and preheat over medium heat. Pour ¼ cup of batter for each pancake onto hot griddle.
  • Flip the pancake when bubbles start to appear on the surface. Serve with warmed pure maple syrup.

How to Make Fun Pancake Shapes

Add 1 TB of milk or water to approximately 1/3 cup of batter and pour into a squirt bottle (a clean reused ketchup bottle works great). On a preheated skillet, draw the outline of the shape you’d like and let cook for about 20 seconds. Then fill in this outline with regular pancake batter and cook as usual.

Even easier: Use a large cookie cutter and cut out the middle of the pancake after it’s already cooked.

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Maple Water

  

Have you noticed bottles of Maple Water showing up in your grocery store? It’s become the latest rage in “health water” and currently is running side-by-side with coconut water in popularity. Of course, some manufacturers are making some crazy health claims but a few nutritional facts we do believe: maple water has some sugar content (about 5 grams per cup) and a very slightly maple-sweet flavor. It has the same nutritional profile as maple syrup with trace minerals present such as calcium and potassium but especially manganese. These minerals are one reason it’s being touted as a good post-workout drink.

One fact we can prove without a doubt: this stuff is very expensive and some stores sell 32-ounce bottles for over $5! So this fact got us thinking: who hasn’t tasted sap straight out of a spile and couldn’t we just make our own maple water? And the answer is absolutely yes! The maple water that manufacturers are selling is just pure maple sap that’s been pasteurized and bottled. Well, we know how to get the sap for almost free so all we need to do is boil it, right? So here’s your easy, one-step recipe:

DIY Maple Water

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Maple Water

Materials

  • pure maple sap, filtered

Instructions

  • Heat to boiling and let boil for three minutes or so, filter again through the thinner filter, let cool, and refrigerate. Use within a few days of boiling. Or, freeze in small portions to thaw as needed.
  • Drink straight over rocks, add to smoothies or protein drinks, sweeten up a cocktail, or use as liquid replacement in recipes.

Another bonus: if you replace coconut water with your own homemade maple water, you’re also greatly decreasing your carbon footprint! That coconut water puts on a lot of miles (and packaging) before it gets to your shelf.